1 N-UNCOUNT-COLL [with singular or plural verb, usually with poss] 猎物;捕食对象 A creature's prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live. 猎物;捕食对象
SYN quarry, game, kill
3 VERB 捕食;以捕猎…为生 A creature that preys on other creatures lives by catching and eating them. 捕食;以捕猎…为生
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The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them. [VERB on/upon noun]
其结果就是破坏食物链,使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。
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The larvae prey upon small aphids. [VERB + on/upon]
这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。
4 N-UNCOUNT [usually with poss] 伤害的对象;愚弄的对象;欺骗的对象 You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as their prey . 伤害的对象;愚弄的对象;欺骗的对象
5 VERB 欺凌,坑害(尤指弱者) If someone preys on other people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way. 欺凌,坑害(尤指弱者) [disapproval]
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Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways. [VERB on noun]
帕姆从来不知道有人专门坑骗离家出走的年轻人。
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The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt. [VERB + on]
这项调查声称信贷公司专对那些已经负债的弱势家庭下手。
6 VERB 不断困扰;折磨;使耿耿于怀 If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it. 不断困扰;折磨;使耿耿于怀
7 N-UNCOUNT [also a N, N to n] 受影响;受折磨;受害 If someone is prey to something bad, they have a tendency to let themselves be affected by it. 受影响;受折磨;受害
8 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 受…控制;成为…的牺牲品;受…的影响 To fall prey to something bad means to be taken over or affected by it. 受…控制;成为…的牺牲品;受…的影响
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On the flight from Paris to Toulon, Mechiche fell prey to panic.
在从巴黎飞往土伦的航班上,梅希什惊慌失措。
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Children in evacuation centres are falling prey to disease.
疏散中心的孩子正受到疾病的折磨。
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